by Soumik Deb Simanto As a student researcher at the Environmental Conservation Lab and an avid Bangladeshi, I am pleased to be studying the social, cultural, and environmental impacts ignited by the Kaptai Dam in the Karnaphuli River. The dam was, and still is a matter of concern in that region and a nightmare for...Continue Reading

Speech for Senator McCallum on Bill C-12, the “Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act” from the Waniskātān Alliance of Hydro-Impacted Communities June, 2021 We welcome the opportunity to speak to this bill and to the impacts of hydro dams and climate change in Manitoba, particularly on Indigenous communities. Cree and Anishinabe peoples in Manitoba have been...Continue Reading